Turtles Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) packages light cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3/4 cup regular evaporated milk (such as carnation)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 14 turtles chocolate decorative candies, chopped

Recipe

• 1 crust: preheat oven to 300°.
• 2 stir together graham cracker crumbs, pecans, butter & sugar in a bowl until well combined; press into bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 bake 12 minutes or until golden & firm;refrigerate until chilled.
• 4 filling: beat cream cheese, sugar & vanilla until smooth.
• 5 beat in eggs & flour.
• 6 gradually beat in evaporated milk and the sour cream.
• 7 stir in chopped turtles; pour over crust.
• 8 bake 25 minutes.
• 9 cover loosely with foil, bake an additional 30-40 minutes or until edges are set but centre still jiggles slightly.
• 10 let cool to room temp on baking rack.
• 11 run a sharp knife around edge of pan; remove pan edges.
• 12 *this cheesecake is nice decorated on top with additional turtle snackin' size candies (in a circular pattern nearly to the outer edge of cake, or (three candies placed triangle fashion) in the middle, or both!) and dripped melted chocolate and/or dripped melted caramels.